Twine holder



'April 3, 1928.

. E. A. ARLsoN TWINE i-IOLDER Original Filed April 21. 1926 M M MM a W a. a m ,1 9 wm gwi Patented Apr. 3, 1928.

UNITED stares ENOCK A. CARLSON, OF DELVALLE, TEXAS.

TWINE HOLDER.

Original application filed April 21, 1926, Serial No. 103,554. Divided and this application filed October 16,

The invention relates to cord holding means and is a divisional part of an appli cation filed by me in the United States on the 21st day of April 1926, Serial No. 103,554:.

The invention relates to a device for receiving and supporting twine, or cord, in a manner so that the loose end is maintained in position to be conveniently reached, when a length of the cord is required for tying a package, and which automatically elevates the loose end so as to be out of the way after the requined length has been obtained.

lVhile the drawings illustrate a. preferred embodiment of the invention, it is to be understood that in adapting the means to meet specific needs and requirements, the design may be varied and such other changes in the minor details of construction may be resorted to within the scope of the invention as claimed, without departing from the spirit thereof.

For a full understanding of the invention and the merits thereof, reference is to be had to the following description and the drawings hereto attached, in which,

Figure 1 is a front view of a twine holder embodying the invention.

Figure 2 is a view similar to Figure l, the cord being omitted, and

Figure 3 is a. detail perspective View of a portion of the holder.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the following description and designated in the several views of the drawings by like reference characters.

The appliance comprises a bar 1, which usually consists of a strip of wood, of any determinate dimensions according to the size and capacity of the device. The bar 1 receives the twine or cord holder.

The cord holder comprises a standard 2 having an arm 3 projected horizontally from its upper end and a support 4 to receive the cord or twine 5, which is preferably in the form of a bobbin. The parts 2,

3 and 4; constitute elementsof a single strip of metal bent into the form substantially as shown. The cord support l consists of an upwardly disposed loop which is adapted Serial No. 142,000.

to enter the opening provided in the bobbin 5. The arm 3 overhangs the support 4 and is preferably in the plane of the bar- 1 so as to economize space. A lug 6 is attached .to the upper end of the standard 2 adjacent the arm 3 and its upper end receives suspending means 7, whereby the device is connected to a ceiling or other convenient overhead support. A cord lifter 8 is pivoted intermediate its ends to the lug 6 and standard 2, and the end adjacent the outer end of the arm 3 is formed with an eye 9 for the passage of the loose end of the cord 5 therethrough. The cord lifter 8 consists of a lever and the end opposite that provided with the eye 9 is of superior weight to normally hold the cord receiving end elevated.

After the bobbin of cord or twine has been placed upon the support l an end portion is passed through openings formed in the part 6 and arm 3, thence through the open' ing 9 of the cord lifter 8 and is left dangling so as to be conveniently reached when required. When the end of the cord is grasped and pulled upon to unwind a length from the bobbin, the end of the lever 8 is lowered and after the required length of cord has been obtained and. severed, the loose end is lifted so as to be out of the way by the automatic tilting of thelever 8 which turns to elevate the end provided with the opening 9. In this manner the loose end of the cord is in. position to be conveniently grasped, yet is held out of the way.

Having thus described the invention, I claim: I

1. A holder of the character specified comprising a standard having its upper end bent laterally to provide an arm in which openings are formed for guiding the cord, and having its lower end similarly bent and terminating in a vertically disposed loopshaped support to receive a bobbin of cord, a p

suspending lug attached to a side of the standard and formed with a cord guiding opening, and a take-up lever pivoted to the standard by means of the said lug, and having an opening for the cord in the end adjacent the outer end of the upper arm.

2. A twine holder comprising a standard,

upper and lower arms forming apart of and projeeting laterally from the standard in the same direction, the lower arm terniinating in an upwardly disposed loop to reeeive a bobbin of twine, a suspending lug attached to the outer side ofthe standard, and a weighted take up lever pivoted to the standard by means of the said lug, guide openings for the cord being formed in the upper arm, the forward end of the lever and 10 the upper end of the said lug.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature.

ENOCK A. CARLSON; [L. s] 

